Read a full match report of the FA Cup fifth round game between Millwall and
Bolton Wanderers at the Den on Saturday Feb 18 2012.

Ryo Miyaichi left no one in doubt he can follow in the footsteps of Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere and Chelsea’s Daniel Sturridge as he scored within four minutes of his full debut for Bolton. In doing so, he set Owen Coyle’s side on their way to the last eight of the FA Cup.

Although David Ngog sealed victory in the 58th minute with a spectacular effort, Bolton Wanderers had to work hard for their victory, as Millwall recovered from a poor start to play the sort of football that belied their position at the wrong end of the Championship.

And it was Miyaichi, the Japanese teenager signed on loan from Arsenal last month, who caught the eye and caught Millwall cold when Sam Ricketts took a quick free-kick after three minutes. Miyaichi’s immaculate first touch took him away from full-back Alan Dunne and gave him the opportunity to curl a simply exquisite finish into the far corner of goalkeeper Steve Mildenhall’s net.

Arsène Wenger signed the winger just over a year ago before sending him on loan to Feyenoord and now Bolton, where both Wilshere and Sturridge enhanced their reputations in the past two seasons.

“I saw him play several times, spoke to Arsène about him, and did everything I could to get him here,” said Coyle.

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“I want to be excited by the players I have in my team, and Ryo does that. In football terms he’s still a baby, a kid, but he has many attributes. He is brave, tough and has two good feet.”

With Tim Ream also making his debut, as Gary Cahill’s replacement in defence, there were plenty of positives in the game for Coyle, whose side reached the FA Cup semi-finals last season.

“Overall it was very pleasing. We started well, then had to stand up to a lot of pressure once Millwall got going. It was far from routine,” he said.

Indeed. Once Millwall recovered from their poor start, with Tuncay going close to making it 2-0, Kenny Jackett’s men began to believe in themselves a little more and dominated the play.

Darius Henderson forced Adam Bogdan to save at full stretch and Millwall almost equalised shortly before half-time when Gretar Steinsson deflected a cross from Liam Feeney just over his own crossbar.

Millwall started the second-half brightly, too, before Ngog effectively killed off their hopes in the 58th minute. The former Liverpool striker, jeered by home supporters because of his running battle with defender Shane Lowry, pounced with a spectacular strike after Tuncay collected a poor clearance on the halfway line and played the ball forwards.

Ngog took the ball with his back to goal, turned to the left and hit a low drive past Mildenhall from 25 yards. Even then Millwall did not give up, with Liam Trotter having a powerful shot saved by Bogdan, who then made a great double save to deny Harry Kane and Feeney from close range in quick succession.

“We had plenty of possession without being able to find the goal we needed,” admitted Jackett.

“Bolton almost scored an own goal, and there was a fantastic double save by their keeper, but if you give a Premier League side a start like that, it becomes very difficult indeed. We did not disgrace ourselves, and now our priority is to get ourselves up the league,” he said.

The same applies for Bolton, currently in the Premier League relegation zone, but Coyle is also enjoying his side’s cup run: “I don’t want a repeat of last season’s disappointment in the semi-final, but the FA Cup is the best cup competition in the world and we want to go as far as we can.”